An electromagnets is a device that produces magnetism with an electric current. It was invented by a British electrician, William Sturgeon. He invented it in 1825. It looked like a horseshoe shaped piece of iron wrapped in a wound of coil. Without him we wouldn't have refrigerators, microwaves, TV's, and almost anything in our houses. So without him our world would be really boring. So thanks to him our world is really fun and cool.
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Personal Experience
Joey P.
My experience with electromagnets was in school. We were in science and we were working on an experiment Our teacher told us to build an electromagnet. It was sort of fun, but me and my partner couldn't get it to work for the first couple minutes. Then after that we got it to work after a while. My favorite motor to build was the spinning coil motor. That was cool to see because it was spinning and it just looked cool.
Jabar W.
Getting an electromagnet to work was tough because some of the battery holders weren't working right. Trying to get magnets in the right position to move the coils were were also difficult. This wasn't my favorite experiment because we had so many issues trying to get it to work. It was a boring experiment.
Mike R.
Dealing with electromagnets was really fun. It was fun picking up washers and seeing how many you could pick up. It was interesting how it worked. The way it worked was electricity ran through the circuit and as we no gave off magnetism. When it ran through the bolt it became an electromagnet and allowed it to pick up washers. I had success with it which made my personal experience great.
Electromagnets!
Joey P, Jabar W, Mike R!
History
An electromagnets is a device that produces magnetism with an electric current. It was invented by a British electrician, William Sturgeon. He invented it in 1825. It looked like a horseshoe shaped piece of iron wrapped in a wound of coil. Without him we wouldn't have refrigerators, microwaves, TV's, and almost anything in our houses. So without him our world would be really boring. So thanks to him our world is really fun and cool.
Personal Experience
Joey P.
My experience with electromagnets was in school. We were in science and we were working on an experiment Our teacher told us to build an electromagnet. It was sort of fun, but me and my partner couldn't get it to work for the first couple minutes. Then after that we got it to work after a while. My favorite motor to build was the spinning coil motor. That was cool to see because it was spinning and it just looked cool.
Jabar W.
Getting an electromagnet to work was tough because some of the battery holders weren't working right. Trying to get magnets in the right position to move the coils were were also difficult. This wasn't my favorite experiment because we had so many issues trying to get it to work. It was a boring experiment.
Mike R.
Dealing with electromagnets was really fun. It was fun picking up washers and seeing how many you could pick up. It was interesting how it worked. The way it worked was electricity ran through the circuit and as we no gave off magnetism. When it ran through the bolt it became an electromagnet and allowed it to pick up washers. I had success with it which made my personal experience great.
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